Today’s Woman will focus on the outcome of the June 12th women's rights
protest in Iran. The following segments will discuss the obstacles university
students face in Iran, focusing on the sit-in taking place at Zarjan University
where students are protesting the sexual harassment of a woman colleague by a
top university official. Several of the protest participants will be phoner
guests. As a continuation of the weblog series, the last segment will discuss a
blog regarding the need to be more accepting of new ideas.

News and Views
reports that British PM Gordon Brown said Britain will freeze assets of Iran's
largest bank in a move to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and
there are reports that Iran has withdrawn around $75-billion from Europe to
prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions. Barry
Marston, FCO Middle East Spokesman, will discuss these latest
developments on EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana’s trip to Iran and
the UK/EU offer from world powers aimed at resolving the nuclear
standoff. He will also follow-up on Pres Bush’s visit to the UK and the
EU countries. He will be live from the London Studio. NaV will have
interviews from inside Iran to provide background and context on the following
stories: The Iranian police have closed down dozens of clothing stores and
hairdressers and started cracking down on women and men who do not abide by
Iran's Islamic dress code. Hundreds of university students protested demanding
the removal of an administrator they accuse of sexually harassing a female. Workers
of the Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane Factory in Shush escalated their fight for unpaid
wages this morning by blocking the main highway into the factory.

Mr. Arash Alaie, PNN correspondent and researcher, will join Roundtable to
discuss housing problems for Iranian youth. He is live in the Washington
studio.

Late Edition features reports on “doping” in the Olympics, Paul
McCartney’s charity concert in Russia, the recent US Supreme Court ruling on
Guantanamo Bay, and a review of the new film “Savage Grace.”

Newstalk features a
discussion of Iran news with Rob Sobhani and Nasser Mohamdadi. Topics include
Iran’s nuclear program and sanctions, Inflation in Iran, and student
demonstrations in Iran.